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Ivory Coast Cites Progress Tracing Cocoa As EU Deforestation Law Looms

Top cocoa producer Ivory Coast said it has handed out electronic cards that allow for the tracking and tracing of cocoa to nearly three-quarters of farmers...

Ivory Coast Expects Cocoa Mid-Crop To Drop In 2023/24, Sources Say

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator expects the country's April-to-September mid-crop to fall to 400,000-450,000 metric tonnes, two sources at the regulator told...

Barry Callebaut Sales Volumes Rise Slightly During Q1

Barry Callebaut's sales volumes rose slightly in the three months to the end of November despite the challenging market environment of record-hig...

JBS Champions Knowledge Transfer, Access To Finance For Smallholders In Davos

Brazilian meatpacker JBS has highlighted the importance of sharing knowledge and providing financial support to small producers to encourage the implementa...

Unseasonable Rains In Ivory Coast Lift Cocoa Outlook, Farmers Say

Unseasonable rains in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week are expected to boost both the main crop and the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers s...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Output Seen Lower As Swollen Shoot Disease Spreads

Ivory Coast's cocoa production for the 2023/24 season is expected at 1.75 million metric tonnes compared with a previous forecast in September of 1.8 milli...

Cocoa Price Surge Boosts Incomes Of Cameroon's Farmers

A sharp rise in the price paid for cocoa beans has boosted the incomes of farmers in Cameroon as top global producers Ivory Coast and Ghana suffer a supply...

Ivory Coast Halts Sales Of 2024/25 Cocoa Contracts, Citing Supply Squeeze

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, the Cocoa-Coffee Council (CCC), has halted sales of cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season due to concerns about low...